Preservation
of Photographs and Albums, Tuesday, October 23, 11:00 am – noon
Indiana Authors Room, Presented by Stephanie Gowler
Photographs are some of our most treasured family heirlooms and play in an
important role in family history research. This program will highlight the
preservation challenges of caring for historic photographs and albums and offer
tips for creating your own archival scrapbooks.

Jean
Jacques DuFour: America’s First Winemaker, Weds., October 24, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Indiana Authors Room, Presented by Mark Vopelak
A resident of Canton du Vaud, Switzerland in 1796, Jean Jacques DuFour and
several other Swiss families immigrated to America in search of land to start a
vineyard. His travels brought him to Vevay, Indiana, where he established
the country’s first successful winery. Join us to learn more about these
early Swiss immigrants.

DAR
Volunteers, Wednesdays, October 24, 1:00 – 3:00pm
DAR members will be here to help those interested in this organization to
complete applications.

Beginning
Genealogy, Part 2, Thursday, October 25, 5:30 – 6:30pm
History Reference Room, Presented by Leigh Anne Johnson
Learn the many types of resources at the Indiana State Library that will help
you with your family history research. Examples are books, CD-ROM’s,
microforms, pamphlet files, etc.

Indiana
Genealogy & Local History Fair, Saturday, October 27, 2012, 9:00 a.m. -
3:30 p.m. The Indiana State Library will host
the third annual Indiana Genealogy and Local History Fair In downtown
Indianapolis
Admission is free and open to the general public

Clues
to Researching the 1940 Census, Monday, October 29, 10:00 – 11:00am
History Reference Room, Presented by Charles Hill
The program on the 1940 census will describe how to search the 1940 census,
what types of information are included in this census and how it compares to
other census years for genealogy searching.

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I was born in Wheeling, WV, and grew up on a farm at Triadelphia, WV. Lived for a while in Cleveland, OH, and graduated from Kent State Univ. Lived in Indianapolis since 1971. Retired from the Indianapolis Public Schools as a Supervisor. Retired from the Indiana Air National Guard as a crew chief on an F-16.